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France
Paris: Lutetia to the Liberation, in one afternoon or five.
Paris keeps every century on the same street. A historian walks the Île de la Cité as a Roman island, the Marais as a royal quarter, the boulevards as Haussmann’s answer to revolution, and the Latin Quarter as it was on the last day of the Occupation.
The timeline the walk follows
Caesar’s legions and a Gallic town on an island.
The cathedral and the medieval university city.
Bastille, the Tuileries, the Place de la Concorde.
Boulevards, sewers and a city rebuilt in twenty years.
Four years of Occupation end in one August week.
Themes
Choose one, or name your own.
Two hours covers one theme well. Three hours links two.
- The Revolution, from the Palais-Royal to the guillotine
- Medieval Paris and the Latin Quarter
- Haussmann’s Paris and why it looks like this
- Occupation and Liberation, 1940 to 1944
- Belle Époque Montmartre
- Jewish Paris: the Marais
Private walk
Your group only, your questions, your pace.
Group walk
Schools, companies, cruise and coach groups. Larger groups split.
Your theme
A period, a person, a family story. We find the historian who knows it.
Led by
A historian from Paris, from LocalBini’s vetted network
Meeting point
Central, confirmed in your booking email
Not included
Entry tickets to monuments and museums
Questions
About Paris.
How long does a first walk need?
Two hours covers one theme well. Three hours lets the historian link two, for example the Revolution and Haussmann.
Museums included?
Walks stay outdoors and inside churches and passages. Museum tickets are not included; we can plan a walk that ends at one.
Cancellation?
Free cancellation up to 7 days before the walk. Within 7 days the walk is non refundable, since the historian has reserved the time. We reschedule for severe weather at no cost.
Walk Paris with a historian.
Date, time, length and theme. We reply within a day and confirm your historian within two to three.